Johnson v. United Parcel Service

¶ 1. Defendant United Parcel Service appeals from the superior court’s denial of its motion for correction of the jury verdict or for a new trial, filed pursuant to Vermont Rule of Civil Procedure 59. Defendant claims the court was compelled by Rule 49(b) to recognize an inconsistency between the jury’s answers to interrogatories and the general verdict. We find no patent inconsistency in the verdict, and conclude that the court did not abuse its direction in denying defendant’s motion. We affirm.

¶ 2. The underlying ease was a personal injury action. The jury found that defendant was liable,…